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• John Lennon guitar sells for $408,000 at Julien's Auctions

  A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought…

• Arne Svenson: TriBeCa residents threaten to sue artist for secretly photographed them in their own apartments

  Residents at a luxury TriBeCa apartment block in Lower Manhattan are very furious after discovering that artist Arne Svenson, who is their neighbor at a nearby building, has…

• Monika Pon-su-san: The Chinese Girl in Vladimir Tretchikoff's painting

  Earlier this year Vladimir Tretchikoff's portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost £1 million ($1.5 million) at auction in…

• Bob Brozman suicide: Guitarist and ethnomusicologist found dead aged 59 at his Santa Cruz home

  Guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman was found dead aged 59 at his home in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, on April 23. Bob Brozman’s death was ruled a suicide,…

• Harper Lee sues literary agent Samuel Pinkus over To Kill A Mockingbird copyright

  Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has sued literary agent Samuel Pinkus, who she says tricked her into assigning him the copyright on the Pulitzer Prize-winning…

• 1913 Liberty Head nickel sells for $3.17 million at Heritage auction in Chicago

  A century-old US five-cent coin, once branded a fake, has been sold for $3.17 million at a Heritage auction in Chicago. The 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five such…